A Liquidus Geothermometer for SNC, Lunar, and Eucritic MagmasTwo very useful pieces of information about a basalt are its liquidus temperature and liquid line of descent. To determine these, experiments are performed at various temperatures on the composition of interest between the solidus and liquidus. There are numerous examples of such experiments in the literature.
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20030111216
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Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jones, J. H. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)